| 100% | SNIFF | 5 | To inhale through the nose to find a smell |
| 51% | OLFACTION | 9 | Ability to smell through receptors in the nose |
| 45% | TRUFFLE | 7 | Pigs sniff through the ground to find this fungus |
| 45% | SNIFFLE | 7 | To breathe in heavily through the nose |
| 45% | PAYS | 4 | ___ through the nose (spends a bundle) |
| 43% | FIN | 3 | What a fish uses to steer through the water |
| 43% | MCCLURE | 7 | First explorer to find a route around the Americas |
| 43% | BREATHE | 7 | To inhale and exhale through the lungs |
| 42% | RESOLVE | 7 | To find the solution to a problem |
| 41% | CLOVER | 6 | It's lucky to find a four-leaf one in the garden |
| 40% | SNEEZE | 6 | Not a cough, but the one through your nose |
| 40% | PARASAILING | 11 | Soaring through the air while tethered to a motorboat |
| 40% | MEASURED | 8 | Used a ruler to find the length of something |
| 40% | HOLYWATER | 9 | Liquid found in the entrance to a Catholic church |
| 40% | NOEL | 4 | Seasonal song (and a hint to finding the contest answer) |
| 39% | PAY | 3 | "___ through the nose," idiom that means one has to shell out more than the fair cost |
| 39% | MAINSTREET | 10 | Where to find the only stoplight in a small town, typically |
| 39% | AREA | 4 | Square the length of a square's side to find it |
| 38% | SEVENUP | 7 | Pop brand (and a hint to the duos you need to find) |
| 38% | SPLIT | 5 | Start of the contest answer, and a nudge to finding the rest |
| 38% | CONJURE | 7 | "___ something up," to call upon something through the use of a spell |
| 38% | LOVENOTE | 8 | Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | LOST | 4 | Choose the challenge faced by your fairy tale princess! (1/4) To find a ___ object (missing object) |
| 38% | GREETINGCARDS | 13 | Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares |
| 38% | AUDIT | 5 | Go through the books at a company to ensure everything is in place |
| 38% | STOMACH | 7 | The best way to a man's heart goes through it |
| 38% | SKIMREAD | 8 | Quickly flick through a book to get the gist |
| 38% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 38% | INDEED | 6 | Job listings website founded in 2004, the year I graduated from college and needed to find a job |
| 37% | NASAL | 5 | Through the nose |